LANTERN, RAILROAD
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact6870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19970020001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 26.7
- Diameter
- 15.4
- Description
- STEEL RECTANGULAR BODIED LANTERN WITH RUST COLOURED LID AND HANDLE WITH YELLOW RUBBER SECTIONS. BODY SUPPORTED BY STEEL CAGE SURROUNDING 2 TINY LIGHTBULBS. MARKINGS ON LID "NO 2141 2 JUSTRITE PAT NOS 2245707 2289276 2482287 MADE IN USA OTHER PATS PE", AND "JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING CO. CHICAGO 14, ILL." BODY MARKED, "JUSTRITE MADE IN U.S.A", AND "GN RR 12816". SURFACE IS VERY WORN AND SLIGHTLY RUSTED.
- Subjects
- VISUAL COMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, BILL KOSKOSKI, WHEN HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE WITH CPR FROM 1942 TO 1982 AS A CARMAN IN LETHBRIDGE. HE CHECKED THE CARS WITH LANTERN BEFORE THEY LEFT THE YARD. HE USED THE LANTERN IN THE 1940'S.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970020001
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-03
- Collection
- Museum
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